Hello, Troop 1!

Popcorn sales are on! You should have gotten an order form in the mail, if you sold popcorn last year. As always, the popcorn sales start when Troop 1 is not quite in the full swing of things, meeting-wise. So, if you did NOT get a popcorn order form in the mail, I will leave order forms on my front porch under the swing in a covered box starting tomorrow evening. Please take one or two or three (if you can fill out that many, great!) and have your scout begin selling popcorn. The sooner we hit the streets, the better our sales will be. Seriously. The earlier the better.

A couple of points about changes to the popcorn. First off, no tins. It is all re-sealable bags. BUT, you get more product! The microwave product is now made with canola oil, but, having tried it tonight, I can tell you that it is even better than before. Honestly. I’ll be buying even more this year for myself. You also get more product in the microwave bags, too.

I will give more details at our first meeting regarding prizes and such.  Once again, you can start selling popcorn. I wish you all the best of luck.

Lastly, here is my address to come by and pick up forms off of the porch anytime this weekend:

click "read more" for adreess and contact info.

The new Troop Room is ready and we need your help moving the stuff from the old room to the NEW TROOP ROOM. Beginning Saturday Morning at 8:00am volunteers are needed to help pack up and move the room across the street. If you have a truck, SUV, Van or moving truck,(that is about everyone in troop 1) your help will be greatly appreciated. If you don't have a big vehicle we would still like to have you there. We still need physical labor. Please come to help us do this. The more people, (scouts and scouters) the faster it will go. We have FOOD! for everyone that comes. Also the patrol with the biggest turn out will win a VERY special reward. Believe me, it's worth it!

As most of you know, our Scouts serve as ushers at First Presbyterian Church whenever there are five Sundays in a month; we usher on the fifth (last) Sunday. We have a Fifth Sunday this weekend.

This is a voluntary service project, and each Scout will receive credit for TWO service hours. Scouts will be asked to greet people as they arrive for church, pass out programs, and help collect the offering. After the offering, Scouts will sit quietly together in a common area (TBA).

Scouts are asked to arrive in the Troop Room (in the church basement) by 10:20 am Sunday, and be on-station by 10:30. We will conduct a brief review session for all Scout/ushers at 10:20. After the service, ushers (Scouts) are asked to help clean up the loose papers in the sanctuary. We all should be free to leave by 12:20.

Because we must have a minimum number of Scouts for this to work, please RSVP to Ron Hart (rhart@aapg.org), or to Robert Sartin (sartin@barrowgrimm.com) if you think you can attend. If you are uncertain, feel free to show up anyway. It’s better to have too many, than to have too few. Please let us know by Friday afternoon, if you can?

This annual ongoing service project is one of the ways the Troop gives back to the church that sponsors us.

Hey Everyone,
Remember, the Troop 1 Parent Kickoff is this Sunday! (Aug 29th) The Time and Venue have been determined.

6-8 pm at Camp Loughridge "old lodge" (follow the road past the pool).

Find out about all of the exciting programming you have all planned for this fall.
Food (hors d'oeuvres) & drinks will be provided. This will be an informal but very important Troop Committee Meeting to get the year started right!

Adults Only Please.

See you there!

Get the “recharter dog” off your you-know-what!

We’re now up to 63% of the adult members who have current Youth Protection Training. If you don’t, you’ve received at least two emails and/or a letter asking you to complete this. You know who you are! BSA will not let us recharter with you as a member this fall without being current on this training. Training is good for two years and then must be repeated. We have 40 members (as of 8-17-10) who still have not completed or become current on the training. When you complete it, PLEASE email your completion date to WDHaskins@aol.com. The scouts need their adult members, and adult members must (no exceptions) have this training according to BSA rules. Please help by knocking this out now, it will only take about 20 minutes of your time. You’ve already been sent your BSA number and instructions

On August 21st Troop 1 is having a picnic and swim party to celebrate its 100th Anniversary.  All scouts (past and present) and family are invited.  The best BBQ in the State will be prepared and served by the famous Eagleton Family.  There will be swimming, a campfire, skits, fun and games and lots of stories.